Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportunities now and into the future.
In Canada, the world’s largest exporter of forest products, harvest rates and strict jurisdictions are set to ensure long term ecosystem sustainability, protecting soil and water resources and 55% of all energy used by the forestry sector is r ...

Cleared land in the Amazon Jungle, BrazilDeforestation in the Amazon area is driven mainly by industry and agriculture. Mato Grosso means "Thick Woods" and is the name of an inland state of central Brazil, where widespread forest clearing has had a dramatic imp...

By Riccardo Pravettoni

Fallen trees in a plantation, CanadaSustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Paper-mill, SumatraLarge amounts of Sumatran rainforests are vanishing into the paper-mill.

By Peter Prokosch

Geometrical scars on the land, BrazilHere in Mato Grosso, the Amazon has been exploited in the name of agriculture, with little regard for the environmental impacts. Sugar cane and soybean plantations have replaced hectare after hectare of jungle.
Since 1...

By Riccardo Pravettoni

Aerial view of the Amazon JungleAugust 2009, flying over the Mato Grosso region in Brazil, there is evidence of dramatic change. The entire ecosystem is threatened by the impacts of agriculture, along with the indigenous populations who make this their...

By Riccardo Pravettoni

Autumn colors at the northern tree line on the Varanger Peninsular, NorwayThe Varanger Peninsula is situated in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway. The treeline in Norway mainly comprises mountain birch, a sub-species of downy birch.

By Peter Prokosch

Blue-headed Pionus parrots in Yasuni National Park, EcuadorThe Blue-headed Pionus parrots is found in humid regions in South America including the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. In the wild, the parrots live in flocks of up to 400 during breeding season, but the Blue-headed Pion...

By Anne Solgaard

Tree plantation in CanadaSustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportu...